horror story

noun

: an account of an unsettling or unfortunate occurrence

heard horror stories about recent layoffs

also : something unsettling or unfortunate

his childhood was a horror story

Examples of horror story in a Sentence

We've all heard horror stories about airlines losing people's luggage. Her childhood was a horror story.

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Many of those deported tell horror stories about being beaten and verbally abused. —

Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024 Why Amanda Bynes left acting behind While Bynes was excelling on-screen at Nickelodeon, horror stories of strange and inappropriate behavior from showrunner Dan Schneider have since surfaced. —

Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024 The slaying, his manifesto, and his medical history have unleashed a wave of contempt for the U.S. healthcare system as well as horror stories about its failures. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024 It’s pegged as a horror story about co-dependency, though plot details are mainly under wraps. —

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